I have no illusions about our elected politicians. Pakistani democracy is anything but perfect. — Asma Jahangir Copy Share Image
A democratic government that respects no limits on its power is a ticking time bomb, waiting to destroy the rights it was… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
Children who can barely say maa, pappa, are saying Ab ki baar Modi sarkar. This is the power of democracy. — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
Freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law... are universal values of the human spirit. — Robert C. O'Brien Copy Share Image
“Politically, Republicans and Democrats are at opposite ends. One’s a burp and the other’s a fart.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
What is it with Democrats and their hostility to schools that offer poor minority kids the best ticket out of generational poverty… — Miranda Devine Copy Share Image
I don't understand what Republicans have to gain from appearing like we're mean to gay people. — Matt Gaetz Copy Share Image
“The good thing about democracy is that every vote counts. The problem with democracy is that every vote counts.” — Charbel Tadros Copy Share Image
This dullness of vision regarding the importance of the general welfare to the individual is the measure of the failure of our… — Henry A. Wallace Copy Share Image
We don't need to get into the geopolitical ramifications of Trump's ego-centric foreign policy to agree that American democracy should be for… — Karine Jean-Pierre Copy Share Image
Trade creates jobs and lifts people out of poverty. And when that happens, societies stabilize and grow. And there is nothing like… — Dennis Hastert Copy Share Image
It is, the most beautiful truth in morals that we have no such thing as a distinct or divided interest from our… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
“Democracy meant all men were to be heard, and a decision was taken together as a people. Majority rule was a foreign… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The EU will face problems similar to the US: an increasing gap between the citizens and decision makers in Brussels and a… — David Korten Copy Share Image
“Unlike exotic fruit or fancy cars, democracy is best if it is grown locally. It may take root in the common desire… — Anna Porter Copy Share Image
I'm against unanswerable concentrations of power, whether that be government or private industry or religious figures - anybody who is not accountable… — Daniel Suarez Copy Share Image
India's democracy where over 1 billion people have a voice in deciding their future is a world example of how governance can… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
They attack the victim, and then the criminal who attacked the victim accuses the victim of attacking him. This is American justice.… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
“In the case of a word like democracy, not only is there no agreed definition, but the attempt to make one is… — Mick Hume Copy Share Image
We need some rules changes. This is an outrage that this, the oldest democracy has now, you know, ranked - when I… — Eleanor Smeal Copy Share Image
Under a democratic form of government, the people elect legislators and ministers to fulfil their policies. The role of the ministers is… — Atishi Copy Share Image
“No man on earth who conscientiously opposes either you or any other organized democracy, and flatly prevents a great many wrongs and… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“We make sense of the variability in civic imaginations by observing that they cluster around three strong sets of discourses: concern with… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I regret that I am now to die in the belief, that the useless sacrifice of themselves by the generation of 1776,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Well, that's the way democracy works. We have to build this Europe with the material we have at our disposal. And this… — Timothy Garton Ash Copy Share Image
The environment in a writer's room, I've really come to feel, should be some form of democracy. — Jason Katims Copy Share Image
“Democracy means that people respect the rights of others, including the right to be different.” — Jerome Nathanson Copy Share Image
I fundamentally agree with the critical nature of Israeli democracy, which embraces the core notion of free speech. — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
“Liberty has lost its spell; and democracy maintains itself by the promise of substantial gifts to the masses of the people.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In the long and dogged crusade that the human race has fought in favor of democracy, the ideal of liberty, of freedom,… — John Allen Fraser Copy Share Image
I consider biennial elections as a security that the sober, second thought of the people shall be law. — Fisher Ames Copy Share Image
Liberal constitutional democracy is supposed to ensure that each citizen is free and equal and protected by basic rights and liberties. — John Rawls Copy Share Image
I come from election, I come from the people. I owe gratitude to our people. I do everything for the good of… — Thaksin Shinawatra Copy Share Image
Sixty eight percent of Republicans don't believe in evolution. On the other hand, only five percent of monkeys believe in Republicans. — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness. — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
“The progress from an absolute to a limited monarchy, from a limited monarchy to a democracy, is a progress toward a true… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Democrats are not about to nominate anyone who backs the tax cut, and Americans are not going to elect anyone who favors… — Dick Morris Copy Share Image
There's no question about the fact that for Democrats, Texas is a tough place. — Marc Veasey Copy Share Image
If the opposition wants power they must participate in democratic elections and win the vote of the people. — Jovenel Moise Copy Share Image
Democracy gives you the freedom to choose who just prefer to have their abuse — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
